RFC 1484 · HISTORIC · 1993
MON · 27 JUL 2026
Using the OSI Directory to achieve User Friendly Naming (OSI-DS 24 )
Overview
RFC 1484, “Using the OSI Directory to achieve User Friendly Naming (OSI-DS 24 )”, is a Historic document published in July 1993 by S. Hardcastle-Kille. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1781, RFC 3494 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This proposal sets out some conventions for representing names in a friendly manner, and shows how this can be used to achieve really friendly naming. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1993
- RFC 1483 Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5
- RFC 1485 A String Representation of Distinguished Names (OSI-DS 23 )
- RFC 1482 Aggregation Support in the NSFNET Policy-Based Routing Database
- RFC 1486 An Experiment in Remote Printing
- RFC 1481 IAB Recommendation for an Intermediate Strategy to Address the Issue of Scaling
- RFC 1487 X.500 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- RFC 1480 The US Domain
- RFC 1488 The X.500 String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes